Author: Marc Thornham
Freeview starts the year with a number of channel changes, but for once, viewers will not need to retune to receive the latest channel updates. Viewers who have lost channels may need to blame the weather.
More viewers choose ITV1 and ITVX over the BBC’s offering, breaking the BBC’s previous dominance of New Year drama.
That’s TV is launching a new spin-off channel on Wednesday 3rd January, which will provide a further free-to-air outlet for the broadcaster’s recent archive content acquisitions.
Sky will undertake the first tidy-up of its channel list of the year on Wednesday, when old services are removed and new services arrive.
NBCUniversal is leaning into an international strategy where it deploys Peacock in “different ways”, including using its technology and content across various platforms globally.
In Italy, some viewers can enjoy internet fall-back if their TV signal fails thanks the arrival of DVB-I. At the same time, the country’s public broadcaster RAI is preparing to upgrade its signal.
Poland is the latest country to undergo an upgrade of its digital terrestrial television service to the latest broadcast standards.
A Spanish TV platform operator has angered many of its subscribers after it closed down numerous HD channels, leaving viewers with just standard definition services.
Limited adverts will appear on the Prime Video streaming service from early February, as Amazon becomes the latest to turn to commercials to keep streaming profitable.
BBC tells viewers not to wait until channels are closed in the new year to upgrade to HD-capable satellite receiver.